Early Childhood Education Summit presented by Valhalla Foundation

Opening Keynote: Wired for Connection: Early Childhood and Relational Intelligence in the AI EraIsabelle Hau (Executive Director, Stanford Accelerator for Learning)Everyday Learning, Exponential Impact: Family Engagement as an Equity Strategy Elena Silva (CEO, Learning Policy Institute) Heejae Lim (Founder & CEO, TalkingPoints) Alejandro Gibes de Gac (CEO & Co-Founder, Paloma) Moderator: Michael Levine (Senior Advisor, Kapor Center) From Chaos to Coherence… Building the Infrastructure for Early LearningJessica Sager (CEO & Co-Founder, All Our Kin) Moderator: Michelle Kang (CEO, NAEYC)Rethinking Early Literacy Through Language, Assessment & CoherenceNell K. Duke (Executive Director, Center for Early Literacy and Learning Success, Stand for Children; Professor, The University of Michigan) Steve Hannon (CEO, LENA Foundation)Dr. Tennette Smith (Chief Academic Officer, Office of Teaching and Learning, Department of Education, Maryland) Moderator: Jackie Mader (Reporter, Hechinger Report)Building Math Minds: Counting, Curiosity & How Early Numeracy Really DevelopsDr. Arun K. Ramanathan (CEO, PowerMyLearning) Shalinee Sharma (CEO, & Co-Founder, Zearn) Deborah Stipek (Professor Emerita, DREME Network Faculty Director, Stanford University) Moderator: Dana Nunn (Managing Director, Valhalla Foundation)First Screens, First Teachers: How Media and EdTech Shape Early Learning Sara Dewitt (Senior Vice President & General Manager, PBS KIDS and Education, PBS KIDS)Cristobal Viedma (CEO & Founder, Lingokids) Katie Kurtz (Managing Director, Global Head of Youth & Learning, YouTube)Moderator: Gregg Behr (The Grable Foundation)Closing Keynote: Human Raised… Dr. Dana Suskind on Protecting Human Connection in the Age of AIDr. Dana Suskind (Founder and Co-Director of the TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health)